OUR MOON EDUCATION

Registered charity 1165083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OUR MOON

Through local partnerships, we advance education and establish equal opportunities for Zambia's youth to access quality local and global education so that they can contribute sustainably to the growth of African society

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Latest income

£139k

Latest spending

£137k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The document is a narrative impact report celebrating ten years of operations rather than a statutory financial statement, so it does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure. It highlights that the organization is actively seeking to 'build more sustainable funding' and relies on unrestricted donations to support its programmes.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Our Moon Education (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

John Collings Charitable Trust — “We'd like to thank the following Trusts and Foundations for supporting Our Moon. Their generosity provides invaluable funds for our programm…” (source page)

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dhruv Sardachair
Alan Leale-Green
Chanda Singoyi
Funmi Akinluyi
HELEN LEALE-GREEN BA, ACMA
Krishan Tailor
Richard Bowen
Vanessa Strauss

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£139k	£137k
31/12/2024	£115k	£112k
31/12/2023	£123k	£123k
31/12/2022	£105k	£108k
31/12/2021	£65k	£80k

Common questions

Is OUR MOON EDUCATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The document is a narrative impact report celebrating ten years of operations rather than a statutory financial statement, so it does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure. It highlights that the organization is actively seeking to 'build more sustainable funding' and relies on unrestricted donations to support its programmes.

Who funds OUR MOON EDUCATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OUR MOON EDUCATION as a grant recipient include THE REED FOUNDATION, DIDYMUS, GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARK, REIGATE, THE MAGENI TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£13k	Christmas Challenge
DIDYMUS	FY2023	£4k
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARK, REIGATE	FY2022	£1k	Building of a learning forum at a residential college in Chibombo, Zambia
THE MAGENI TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE MAGENI TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE MAGENI TRUST	FY2022	£1k
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2022	£932
THE MAGENI TRUST	FY2023	£500

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST	1	£65k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES	1	£43k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	1	£30k
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
SKELTON BOUNTY	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NANSTALLON PRE-SCHOOL.

NANSTALLON PRE-SCHOOL income £175k
BUILDING FOUNDATIONS income £108k
THE SAID FOUNDATION income £5.0m
LITTLE FROGS PRE SCHOOL income £158k
THE MUMME-ACKFORD CHARITABLE TRUST income £150k
BURY DEFENCE ACADEMY CIO income £184k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OUR MOON EDUCATION	£139k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NANSTALLON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BUILDING FOUNDATIONS FY2025	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SAID FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE FROGS PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MUMME-ACKFORD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£150k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.